Wort (?), n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ört, Goth. waúrts a root, L. radix, Gr. &unr_; a root, &unr_; a branch, young shoot, &unr_; a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n., Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.]
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1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind.
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&hand_; This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc.
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2. pl. Cabbages.
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